Core Data from the Deep Sea Drilling Project

Leg : 78    Top/Bot Interval(mm):  210/ 220  Sample Age : MIDDLE MIOCENE
Hole: 543   Depth Top of Core(m):   162.50
Core:  18   Depth Top Sample(m) :   165.72
Sect:  3    No. Observed Fossils:     4      Group Presv: POOR

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Fossils (Abundance/Preservation):
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  ACTINOPTYCHUS SENARIUS (RARE/)
  CESTODISCUS PEPLUM (RARE/)
  LIOSTEPHANIA SP. (RARE/)
  SCEPTRONEIS SP. (RARE/)



Leg : 78    Top/Bot Interval(mm):  200/ 210  Sample Age : MIDDLE MIOCENE
Hole: 543   Depth Top of Core(m):   172.00
Core:  19   Depth Top Sample(m) :   172.21
Sect:  1    No. Observed Fossils:     4      Group Presv: POOR

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Fossils (Abundance/Preservation):
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  ACTINOCYCLUS INGENS NODUS (RARE/)
  DELPHINEIS PENELLIPTICA (RARE/)
  MELOSIRA GRANULATA (RARE/)
  SCEPTRONEIS GRANDIS (RARE/)



Leg : 78    Top/Bot Interval(mm):  200/ 210  Sample Age : MIDDLE MIOCENE
Hole: 543   Depth Top of Core(m):   172.00
Core:  19   Depth Top Sample(m) :   173.71
Sect:  2    No. Observed Fossils:     6      Group Presv: POOR

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Fossils (Abundance/Preservation):
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  ACTINOCYCLUS INGENS INGENS (RARE/)
  COSCINODISCUS MARGINATUS (RARE/)
  CRASPEDODISCUS COSCINODISCUS (RARE/)
  DENTICULOPSIS KANAYAE (RARE/)
  HEMIAULUS POLYMORPHUS (RARE/)
  MACRORA STELLA (RARE/)



Leg : 78    Top/Bot Interval(mm):  230/ 240  Sample Age : MIOCENE
Hole: 543   Depth Top of Core(m):   172.00
Core:  19   Depth Top Sample(m) :   173.74
Sect:  2    No. Observed Fossils:     5

Date:  8/84 Investigator(s): BUKRY
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Fossils (Abundance/Preservation):
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  COSCINODISCUS LEWISIANUS (PRESENT/)
  CRASPEDODISCUS BARRONII (PRESENT/)
  CRASPEDODISCUS COSCINODISCUS (PRESENT/)
  DENTICULOPSIS NICOBARICA (PRESENT/)
  ROSSIELLA PALEACEA (PRESENT/)



Leg : 78    Top/Bot Interval(mm):  200/ 210  Sample Age : MIDDLE MIOCENE
Hole: 543   Depth Top of Core(m):   172.00
Core:  19   Depth Top Sample(m) :   175.21
Sect:  3    No. Observed Fossils:     3      Group Presv: POOR

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Fossils (Abundance/Preservation):
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  COSCINODISCUS SUPERBUS (RARE/)
  DELPHINEIS PENELLIPTICA (RARE/)
  SCEPTRONEIS GRANDIS (RARE/)



Leg : 78    Top/Bot Interval(mm):  200/ 210  Sample Age : MIDDLE MIOCENE
Hole: 543   Depth Top of Core(m):   172.00
Core:  19   Depth Top Sample(m) :   176.71
Sect:  4    No. Observed Fossils:     1      Group Presv: POOR

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Fossils (Abundance/Preservation):
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  ACTINOCYCLUS INGENS NODUS (RARE/)



Leg : 78    Top/Bot Interval(mm):  200/ 210  Sample Age : MIDDLE MIOCENE
Hole: 543   Depth Top of Core(m):   172.00
Core:  19   Depth Top Sample(m) :   178.21
Sect:  5    No. Observed Fossils:     1      Group Presv: POOR

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Fossils (Abundance/Preservation):
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  CRASPEDODISCUS COSCINODISCUS (RARE/)



Leg : 78    Top/Bot Interval(mm):  200/ 210  Sample Age : MIDDLE MIOCENE
Hole: 543   Depth Top of Core(m):   172.00
Core:  19   Depth Top Sample(m) :   181.21
Sect:  7    No. Observed Fossils:     3      Group Presv: POOR

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Fossils (Abundance/Preservation):
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  ACTINOCYCLUS EHRENBERGII (RARE/)
  ACTINOCYCLUS INGENS NODUS (RARE/)
  CRASPEDODISCUS COSCINODISCUS (RARE/)



Leg : 78    Top/Bot Interval(mm):  380/ 390  Sample Age : UPPER EOCENE
Hole: 543   Depth Top of Core(m):   248.00
Core:  27   Depth Top Sample(m) :   248.39
Sect:  1    No. Observed Fossils:     2      Group Presv: POOR

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Fossils (Abundance/Preservation):
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  ASTEROMPHALUS PRAEMARYLANDICUS (RARE/)
  COSCINODISCUS ROBUSTUS (RARE/)



Leg : 78    Top/Bot Interval(mm):  560/ 580  Sample Age : UPPER EOCENE
Hole: 543   Depth Top of Core(m):   248.00
Core:  27   Depth Top Sample(m) :   248.57
Sect:  1    No. Observed Fossils:    12      Group Presv: POOR

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Fossils (Abundance/Preservation):
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  ACTINOPTYCHUS SENARIUS (RARE/)
  ACTINOCYCLUS EHRENBERGII (RARE/)
  ASTEROMPHALUS PRAEMARYLANDICUS (RARE/)
  COSCINODISCUS ROBUSTUS (RARE/)
  GONIOTHECIUM ODONTELLA (RARE/)
  HEMIAULUS POLYMORPHUS (RARE/)
  MELOSIRA ARCHITECTURALIS (RARE/)
  MELOSIRA CLAVIGERA (RARE/)
  PARALIA SULCATA (RARE/)
  RHAPHONEIS SP. (RARE/)
  TRICERATIUM BARBADENSE (RARE/)
  XANTHIOPYXIS STRUCTURALIS (RARE/)



Leg : 78    Top/Bot Interval(mm):  290/ 300  Sample Age : UPPER EOCENE
Hole: 543   Depth Top of Core(m):   248.00
Core:  27   Depth Top Sample(m) :   249.80
Sect:  2    No. Observed Fossils:     4      Group Presv: POOR

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Fossils (Abundance/Preservation):
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  ASTEROMPHALUS PRAEMARYLANDICUS (RARE/)
  COSCINODISCUS ROBUSTUS (RARE/)
  PARALIA SULCATA (RARE/)
  XANTHIOPYXIS STRUCTURALIS (RARE/)



Leg : 78    Top/Bot Interval(mm):  370/ 380  Sample Age : UPPER EOCENE
Hole: 543   Depth Top of Core(m):   248.00
Core:  27   Depth Top Sample(m) :   249.88
Sect:  2    No. Observed Fossils:     3      Group Presv: POOR

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Fossils (Abundance/Preservation):
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  ASTEROMPHALUS PRAEMARYLANDICUS (RARE/)
  CESTODISCUS PULCHELLUS (RARE/)
  COSCINODISCUS MUHINA (RARE/)



Leg : 78    Top/Bot Interval(mm):  560/ 580  Sample Age : UPPER EOCENE
Hole: 543   Depth Top of Core(m):   248.00
Core:  27   Depth Top Sample(m) :   250.07
Sect:  2    No. Observed Fossils:     2      Group Presv: POOR

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Fossils (Abundance/Preservation):
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  ASTEROMPHALUS PRAEMARYLANDICUS (RARE/)
  COSCINODISCUS ROBUSTUS (RARE/)



Leg : 78    Top/Bot Interval(mm):  950/ 970  Sample Age : UPPER EOCENE
Hole: 543   Depth Top of Core(m):   248.00
Core:  27   Depth Top Sample(m) :   250.46
Sect:  2    No. Observed Fossils:     7      Group Presv: POOR

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Fossils (Abundance/Preservation):
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  ACTINOPTYCHUS SENARIUS (RARE/)
  ASTEROMPHALUS PRAEMARYLANDICUS (RARE/)
  MACRORA BARBADENSE (RARE/)
  MELOSIRA CLAVIGERA (RARE/)
  PARALIA SULCATA (RARE/)
  RIEDELIA CLAVIGER (RARE/)
  TRICERATIUM BARBADENSE (RARE/)



Leg : 78    Top/Bot Interval(mm): 1440/1460  Sample Age : UPPER EOCENE
Hole: 543   Depth Top of Core(m):   248.00
Core:  27   Depth Top Sample(m) :   250.95
Sect:  2    No. Observed Fossils:     2      Group Presv: POOR

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Fossils (Abundance/Preservation):
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  HEMIAULUS POLYCISTINORUM (RARE/)
  PARALIA SULCATA (RARE/)



Leg : 78    Top/Bot Interval(mm):  560/ 580  Sample Age : UPPER EOCENE
Hole: 543   Depth Top of Core(m):   248.00
Core:  27   Depth Top Sample(m) :   251.57
Sect:  3    No. Observed Fossils:     1      Group Presv: POOR

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Fossils (Abundance/Preservation):
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  HEMIAULUS POLYMORPHUS (RARE/)



Leg : 78    Top/Bot Interval(mm):  550/ 570  Sample Age : UPPER EOCENE
Hole: 543   Depth Top of Core(m):   248.00
Core:  27   Depth Top Sample(m) :   253.06
Sect:  4    No. Observed Fossils:     1      Group Presv: POOR

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Fossils (Abundance/Preservation):
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  LIOSTEPHANIA SP. (RARE/)



Leg : 78    Top/Bot Interval(mm):  700/ 720  Sample Age : UPPER EOCENE
Hole: 543   Depth Top of Core(m):   248.00
Core:  27   Depth Top Sample(m) :   253.21
Sect:  4    No. Observed Fossils:     1      Group Presv: POOR

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Fossils (Abundance/Preservation):
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  ARACHNOIDISCUS EHRENBERGI (RARE/)



Leg : 78    Top/Bot Interval(mm): 1370/1380  Sample Age : UPPER EOCENE
Hole: 543   Depth Top of Core(m):   248.00
Core:  27   Depth Top Sample(m) :   253.88
Sect:  4    No. Observed Fossils:     1      Group Presv: POOR

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Fossils (Abundance/Preservation):
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  MELOSIRA CLAVIGERA (RARE/)

Introduction

Cite as: Deep Sea Drilling Project (1989): Archive of Core and Site/Hole Data and Photographs from the Deep Sea Drilling Project (DSDP). National Geophysical Data Center, NOAA. doi:10.7289/V54M92G2 [access date]

These Web pages are from the Core Data from the Deep Sea Drilling Project Legs 1-96 CD-ROM produced in 1989 and modified in 2000 by the U.S. Department of Commerce, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, National Environmental Satellite, Data, and Information Service, National Geophysical Data Center (now part of the National Centers for Environmental Information), and collocated World Data Center for Marine Geology and Geophysics, Boulder (now part of the World Data Service for Geophysics). Data were compiled in cooperation with the U.S. Science Support Program, of the Joint Oceanographic Institutions, Inc. (now the Consortium for Ocean Leadership), and the U.S. National Science Foundation.

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